{"id":77458,"date":"2024-02-22T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=77458"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:51:45","slug":"climate-anxiety-in-favelas-is-the-echo-of-environmental-racism-say-voicesfromsocialmedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=77458","title":{"rendered":"Climate Anxiety in Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas Is the Echo of Environmental Racism, Say #VoicesFromSocialMedia [REFERENCE]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dona Norma de Morais, 70, an elderly retired woman living in Jardim Am\u00e9rica in the North Zone of Rio, sits alone on the sofa at home and observes, in disbelief, the destruction she sees in her living room, in January 2024. Photo Source: Personal Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This article is part of a\u00a0series<\/a>\u00a0created in partnership with the\u00a0Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies<\/a>\u00a0at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the\u00a0Digital Brazil Project<\/a>\u00a0on environmental justice in the favelas for\u00a0RioOnWatch<\/em>. It is also part of\u00a0RioOnWatch<\/em>\u2019s ongoing\u00a0#VoicesFromSocialMedia<\/a>\u00a0series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise.<\/h4>\n

‘Climate Anxiety’ Goes Mainstream<\/h3>\n

These days in Rio de Janeiro, the temperature is already climbing even before Spring. Plastic swimming pools, once only set up in the summer, become a common presence in the backyards, rooftops, and alleys of favelas, and always earlier than the previous year. Children turn bathing\u2014with a hose, outdoor showers, in water tanks, or streams (which aren’t always clean)\u2014into a game as they spend the day cooling off. In the late afternoon, neighbors bring out chairs to get some fresh air and chat. These scenes are part of the daily life for many of us born in the favelas and peripheries of Rio on hot days.<\/p>\n

Despite such strategies to face the scorching heat<\/a>, the season increasingly brings concerns and leads people to remember and relive the traumas<\/a> of devastating past summer floods<\/a>. Though harsh rains are historically common at this time of year, they have become increasingly brutal and frequent due to chronic State negligence<\/a> and climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Com \u00e1gua perto do pesco\u00e7o, moradora de Nova Igua\u00e7u faz desabafo ao viver estado de calamidade com enchente pic.twitter.com\/Y4MUNcDmAx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jornal Destaque Baixada (@jornaldestaqueb) January 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n